Night of the Pencils







The kids want reduced student bus fares so they take to the streets and protest. At first, under Isabel Martínez de Perón’s government they succeed, but their protests draw hostile attention from the military regime, led by Emilio Eduardo Massera, that overthrows Peron. So-called “leftist agitators” are not tolerated by the new government.

The ensuing crackdown on the student social activities is demonstrated in the film when police break up a school dance wielding swords and on horseback.

Later, six students are kidnapped in the middle of the night, and the police claim ignorance about their whereabouts.

Pablo (Alejo García Pintos), a seventh member of the group is later arrested by the police. He learns that his friends have been brutally tortured by governmental authorities and he’s not spared. The police give him electric shocks while radio music masks his cries.

Yet, he’s lucky and survives to tell their horrific story. His classmates are never found and become part of the thousands of desaparecido students who were kidnapped and never seen again by their families or friends.



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